I am looking for information on the 5. SS-Infanterie-Regiment (mot) and its activities from 1939 to its dissolvement in late summer 1941.
Thanks in advance for your help
C.G.
5. SS-Infanterie-Regiment (mot)
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SS-Totenkopfstandarte 5/ SS-Infanterie-Regiment 5
SS-Totenkopfstandarte 5 Brandenburg
SS-Infanterie-Regiment 5 Brandenburg (25/2/41)
Raised 12/9/39 in Berlin and Oranienburg with 3 Sturmbannen from elements of the Totenkopf Division and SS-TK-Std. 2 Brandenburg. Transferred to Vienna and Linz 11/39 where it provided a cadre for SS-TK-Std. 13. Transferred to Stettin by 28 May 40 and returned to Oranienburg by 28 July 40. III. Sturmbann formed the SS-Sonder-Btl. Reitz that was later incorporated into SS-TK-Std. K 4/6/40. Motorized 12/9/40 and transferred to Plock 4/11/40.
Assigned to SS-Inf. Brigade 2 in early '41 and formation of 13. and 14. companies complete some time before Barbarossa. Withdrawn from front-line service early 7/41 in company with SS-Inf.Rgt. 4. Disbanded at Arys Training Ground, East Prussia 1/9/41, but formed SS-Ersatz-Btl. Ost in Breslau. Personnel were sent as replacements to SS-Kampfgruppe Nord.
Landwehr gives this unit the name of Dietrich Eckhardt.
Commanders:
Brigfhr. Breithaupt
Strength: 28/7/40 23/294/1561
source: The Independent SS-Totenkopfstandarten and Infanterie-Regimenten
By Jason Long and Jim Broshot
SS-Infanterie-Regiment 5 Brandenburg (25/2/41)
Raised 12/9/39 in Berlin and Oranienburg with 3 Sturmbannen from elements of the Totenkopf Division and SS-TK-Std. 2 Brandenburg. Transferred to Vienna and Linz 11/39 where it provided a cadre for SS-TK-Std. 13. Transferred to Stettin by 28 May 40 and returned to Oranienburg by 28 July 40. III. Sturmbann formed the SS-Sonder-Btl. Reitz that was later incorporated into SS-TK-Std. K 4/6/40. Motorized 12/9/40 and transferred to Plock 4/11/40.
Assigned to SS-Inf. Brigade 2 in early '41 and formation of 13. and 14. companies complete some time before Barbarossa. Withdrawn from front-line service early 7/41 in company with SS-Inf.Rgt. 4. Disbanded at Arys Training Ground, East Prussia 1/9/41, but formed SS-Ersatz-Btl. Ost in Breslau. Personnel were sent as replacements to SS-Kampfgruppe Nord.
Landwehr gives this unit the name of Dietrich Eckhardt.
Commanders:
Brigfhr. Breithaupt
Strength: 28/7/40 23/294/1561
source: The Independent SS-Totenkopfstandarten and Infanterie-Regimenten
By Jason Long and Jim Broshot
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Tom Albright
Tom Albright